Enhanced identification wristband

ABSTRACT

One embodiment provides a wristband, including: a wristband material; an padding material; and at least two antennas, wherein the at least two antennas are located between the wristband material and the padding material; wherein the at least two antennas are located having a spacing between each of the at least two antennas with respect to another of the at least two antennas; wherein the wristband material, the padding material, and the at least two antennas are formed as a wearable wristband. Other aspects are described and claimed.

BACKGROUND

Many businesses or other entities provide wearable identificationobjects (e.g., wristbands, lanyards, identification cards, etc.) toemployees, guests, personnel, or other people for accessing differentlocations of a building associated with the business or entity. Forexample, a business may provide a lanyard and identification card to allemployees so the employees may access secure areas. Alternatively, whena guest enters the building they may be provided with an identificationcard that is programmed to not allow the guest to access secure areas ofthe building.

Other entities may provide wearable identification objects to guests sothat the entity can identify the guest and the location of the guestwithin the building. For example, a hospital may provide anidentification wristband to patients as they enter the hospital. Notonly does the identification wristband allow the hospital to identifythe patient, but it also allows the hospital to identify the location ofthe patient within the hospital. For example, a hospital employee mayscan the identification wristband as the patient enters each room orlocation within the hospital. Some identification wristbands may beequipped with devices that are read as the patient moves about thehospital. For example, the wristband may include a radio frequencyidentification (RFID) transmitter that can be read by receivers locatedthroughout the hospital. When the transmitter responds to the reader,the transmitter provides a unique identification number which identifiesthat particular transmitter, and accordingly uniquely identifies theparticular identification object corresponding to that transmitter.

BRIEF SUMMARY

In summary, one aspect provides a system, comprising: a wearablematerial, wherein the wearable material is formed as a wearable object;and at least two antennas operatively coupled to the wearable material;wherein the at least two antennas are located having a spacing betweeneach of the at least two antennas with respect to another of the atleast two antennas.

Another aspect provides a wristband, comprising: a wristband material;an padding material; and at least two antennas, wherein the at least twoantennas are located between the wristband material and the paddingmaterial; wherein the at least two antennas are located having a spacingbetween each of the at least two antennas with respect to another of theat least two antennas; wherein the wristband material, the paddingmaterial, and the at least two antennas are formed as a wearablewristband.

A further aspect provides an identification system, comprising: awristband comprising: a wristband material; an padding material; and atleast two radio frequency identification antennas, wherein the at leasttwo radio frequency identification antennas are located between thewristband material and the padding material; wherein the at least tworadio frequency identification antennas are located having a spacingbetween each of the at least two radio frequency identification antennaswith respect to another of the at least two radio frequencyidentification antennas; wherein the wristband material, the paddingmaterial, and the at least two radio frequency identification antennasare formed as a wearable wristband; a plurality of radio frequencyidentification receivers, wherein each radio frequency identificationreceiver communicates with at least one of the at least two radiofrequency identification antennas when the wristband is within apredetermined distance of the radio frequency identification receiverand wherein each radio frequency identification receiver is located at aknown location within a building; wherein the wristband and theplurality of radio frequency identification receivers communicate todetermine the location of the wristband within the building based uponthe radio frequency identification receiver communicating with thewristband.

The foregoing is a summary and thus may contain simplifications,generalizations, and omissions of detail; consequently, those skilled inthe art will appreciate that the summary is illustrative only and is notintended to be in any way limiting.

For a better understanding of the embodiments, together with other andfurther features and advantages thereof, reference is made to thefollowing description, taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings. The scope of the invention will be pointed out in the appendedclaims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates an example wristband with two antennas.

FIG. 2 illustrates another example wristband with two antennas andinsulating material.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of device circuitry.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

It will be readily understood that the components of the embodiments, asgenerally described and illustrated in the figures herein, may bearranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations inaddition to the described example embodiments. Thus, the following moredetailed description of the example embodiments, as represented in thefigures, is not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments, asclaimed, but is merely representative of example embodiments.

Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment” or “anembodiment” (or the like) means that a particular feature, structure, orcharacteristic described in connection with the embodiment is includedin at least one embodiment. Thus, the appearance of the phrases “in oneembodiment” or “in an embodiment” or the like in various placesthroughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to thesame embodiment.

Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics maybe combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In thefollowing description, numerous specific details are provided to give athorough understanding of embodiments. One skilled in the relevant artwill recognize, however, that the various embodiments can be practicedwithout one or more of the specific details, or with other methods,components, materials, et cetera. In other instances, well knownstructures, materials, or operations are not shown or described indetail to avoid obfuscation.

Many hospitals or other businesses may provide wearable identificationobjects (e.g., lanyards, wristbands, identification cards to be worn bya user, etc.) to each person that enters a building, facility, or otherarea associated with the hospital or business. These wearableidentification objects may provide access to particular areas within thefacility. Additionally, these wearable identification objects may allowthe business to identify the person wearing the object and, in somecases, may allow the business to track the location of the person withinthe facility. For example, many hospital identification wristbandsinclude device circuitry that allows the wristband to communicate withreceivers located throughout the facility. As a person or patienttravels throughout the hospital or facility, the wristband communicateswith these receivers. Based upon which receiver has communicated withthe wristband, hospital personnel can be apprised of where the person iswithin the hospital. Specifically, the transmitters on the wristbandwill response to the receiver with a unique identification number whichis assigned to each wristband. Thus, upon receipt of the uniqueidentification number the number can be used to identify the wristbandand the patient assigned to that wristband.

Hospitals can use this information to determine when a patient has leftthe hospital or when hospital personnel should be scheduled to performvarious procedures. For example, if the receiver that reads thewristband is a receiver located at the exit of the hospital, systemswithin the hospital can be updated to designate that the patient hasbeen discharged and is no longer at the hospital. The hospital can thenprepare the room previously occupied by that patient for a new patient.As another example, if the receiver that reads the wristband is areceiver located at a door frame of an x-ray room, the hospital systemcan be updated so that the patient is not scheduled for anotherprocedure at the same time that the patient is getting an x-ray taken.With the use of the identification wristbands, these systems may beupdated automatically without needing hospital personnel to update thestatus of the patient. Additionally, any personnel that need to benotified of the change can be notified automatically. Such a systemprovides a quicker transition between patients. Additionally, such asystem reduces the chances of a patient from being scheduled formultiple procedures at the same time, thereby providing for a moreefficient scheduling of both the patient and hospital personnel.

The readable wristbands generally include a transmitter in the form ofan antenna that can be read by the receiver or reader. When thetransmitter is within a predetermined distance of the receiver, thereceiver sends a signal to the transmitter and the transmitter transmitsa return signal including the identification information associated withthe particular wristband. Generally the transmitter and receiver are inthe form of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. RFIDtechnology works well when the transmitter and receiver have a directline of sight. In other words, the technology works well as long asthere are no objects between the transmitter and receiver. Accordingly,receivers may be placed at multiple locations within a defined area. Forexample, if the desired reading location is a door frame, multiplereceivers may be placed at or on the door frame, for example, onereceiver on the left side of the door frame and one receiver on theright side of the door frame. This allows at least one of the receiversto detect the transmitter regardless of whether the transmitter islocated on the left or right wrist of the user.

However, a problem arises with this system if the distance between thereceivers is too great, for example, in the case of a wide door frame.Specifically, because the range of an RFID receiver/transmitter may beonly a few feet or meters. Therefore, if the distance between thereceivers is too great, a “blind spot” may occur. This blind spot may bea location within the door frame that none of the receivers cancommunicate with a transmitter. For example, if one receiver is locatedon the left side of a wide door frame and another receiver is located onthe right side of the door frame, a blind spot may occur directly in thecenter of the door frame where no communications will occur betweeneither of the receivers and a transmitter located in this blind spot.Specifically, because the antenna of the wristband is passive and onlyactivated when a signal is received from a receiver, if the antenna isoutside the range of the receiver no signals will be transmitted betweenthe receiver and transmitter.

An additional problem with this system arises when the transmitter is nolonger located at the top of the patients wrist, for example, thewristband has rotated such that the transmitter is now located at thebottom of the patient's wrist. As stated above, because RFID signalswork best when the transmitter and receiver are located in a direct lineof sight configuration, when the patient's wrist is located between thereceiver and transmitter readability of the transmitter may be reduced.More specifically, the readability of the transmitter may be reduced tosuch a level that it may not be read at all. Accordingly, the patienttracking system may not be updated and the location of the patient mayremain unknown.

The current solution is to lengthen the antenna to cover the majority ofthe wristband. The problem with this solution is that overlap of theantenna can cause the antenna to detune, degrade, or cause interference.Unfortunately, this is a common situation, for example, in the case thata patient has a small wrist. If the antenna is designed for an averagewrist size, for example, such that it covers 80% of the wristband, whena patient having a small wrist wears the wristband there will be overlapof the antenna, which can cause detuning or interference, which maycause the wristband to be unreadable by the readers.

Accordingly, an embodiment provides an enhanced wristband identificationsystem. The system as described herein uses a multiple antenna designthat increases the readability of the wristband. The term wristband willbe used herein throughout to increase readability. However, it should beunderstood by one skilled in the art that other wearable identificationobjects can be used, for example, lanyards, identification cards, andthe like. The antennas and locations of the antennas within thewristband are designed to reduce interference between the multipleantennas but still provide antennas that are located in such a mannerthat at least one of the antennas can be read by a reader no matter howthe wristband is located on the user's wrist. Additionally, becausethere is more than one antenna within the wristband, each antenna wouldbe assigned to the same unique identification number assigned orcorresponding to the wristband. Therefore, regardless of which antennaof the wristband responds to the receiver, the receiver receives thesame unique identification number which is assigned to the particularwristband.

The illustrated example embodiments will be best understood by referenceto the figures. The following description is intended only by way ofexample, and simply illustrates certain example embodiments.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example wristband embodiment. The wristband 100includes a wristband material 101, for example, paper, cloth, plastic,or other material. The wristband also includes a plurality of antennas102A and 102B. For ease of understanding, only two antennas are shown.However, it should be understood that more than two antennas may be usedand more than two antennas may be preferred in certain applications. Theantennas 102A and 102B may be located on top of the wristband material101. The antennas may be coupled to the wristband material to preventthe antennas from moving within the wristband. For example, the antennasmay be glued, taped, or otherwise adhered to the wristband material.Alternatively, the wristband may be designed such that the antennascannot move but they are not adhered to the wristband material. Forexample, the wristband material may include one or more pockets for theantennas. As another example, the antennas may be integral to thewristband material.

Due to the fact that each wristband contains more than one antenna, eachantenna of the wristband may be assigned the same unique identificationnumber that corresponds to the wristband. In other words, each antennawithin the wristband would respond with the same identification number.Accordingly, regardless of which antenna is read by or provides a signalto a receiver, the same unique identification number will be provided tothe receiver. In other words, each antenna would respond to aninterrogation with the same unique identification number. This uniqueidentification number is assigned to or corresponds to the particularwristband and can be used to look up the wristband and correspondingpatient wearing the wristband.

The antennas may be a folded antenna design, as shown in FIG. 1, thatallows the antennas to be shorter than a typical RFID antenna. Theantenna may also be a coiled antenna design. In such designs the antennais folded or coiled in order to shorten the overall length of theantenna. The antenna may be a dipole antenna design having nodes on bothsides of the antenna. As with typical RFID antennas, the antennas mayradiate in the 900-928 mHz frequency band. The antennas may be spaced onthe wristband material or within the wristband so that the antennas donot touch or overlap, for example, when the wristband is on a user'swrist. However, using the folded or coiled antenna design, the antennasare less likely to detune each other when in contact. Accordingly, someoverlap of the antennas is acceptable.

The antennas may also be spaced so that on an average wrist one antennais located on the top of the wrist and one antenna is located on thebottom of the wrist. This allows a reader to communicate with thewristband no matter how the wristband is located or oriented on a user'swrist. As discussed above, more than two antennas may be used.Accordingly, the spacing between each of the antennas may be designedsuch that the antennas are located in locations on a user's wrist forthe highest readability. The antennas may also be spaced so that eachantenna does not touch another antenna.

Antennas may detune when in the presence of a person. For example, if aperson holds the antenna, the antenna may be detuned. If the antenna isdetuned then it will be unable to communicate with the receivers orreaders. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 2, the wristband 200 may alsoinclude a padding material 203 located on top of the antennas 202A and202B, which are located on top of the wristband material 201. Thispadding material 203 may be used to prevent the antennas from detuningthe presence of a user. The padding material may be of a thickness thatis designed to provide enough distance between the antenna and the user.For example, the thickness may be 2-5 mm thick. The padding material maybe of a material that provides an insulating barrier between the antennaand the user. In other words, the padding material may be a materialthat is non-conductive. The padding material may also be a soft,flexible material so that the wristband can be formed around a userwrist and is not uncomfortable. Accordingly, padding materials mayinclude plastic, cloth, flexible fibers, and the like.

The wristband 100 and 200 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 are shown in anopen configuration. In other words, the figures illustrate the wristbandwithout a backing material. In practice, the inside of the wristband,including the antennas 102A, 102B, 202A, and 202B and/or paddingmaterial 203 would not typically be seen. The wristband 100 or 200 mayinclude additional layers or materials. For example, the wristband mayinclude a backing material or backing layer that is placed over the topof the antennas and/or padding material. Alternatively, the wristbandmaterial 101 or 201 may be intended to be folded over to create the backof the wristband.

The wristband may communicate with a radio frequency identificationreader or receiver located within the building. A single building orfacility may have more than reader in more than one location within thefacility. Each of these readers may have a known or fixed locationwithin the facility. Accordingly, when the wristband transmittercommunicates with a reader within the facility, the system may identifythe location of the wristband and the user wearing the wristband. Inother words, because the transmitter and receivers can only communicatewhen within a predetermined distance of each other, when the wristbandand one of the plurality of radio frequency identification receiverscommunicate, the location of the wristband can be determined based uponthe known location of the reader.

Thus, a patient may be outfitted with an active or passiveidentification tag as part of a Real-Time Location System (RTLS) used toautomatically track and identify the location of the patient within thehospital. The RTLS system may cover the entire hospital, a portion ofthe hospital (i.e., nursing areas, surgical suites, etc.), or thedischarge areas of the hospital, depending on the preferences of thehospital administration. Any suitable RTLS technology may be used,including radio frequency, optical (i.e., infrared), and acoustic (i.e.,ultrasound). Dual mode and single mode systems may also be used. (Anexample of a dual mode system is an identification tag that receives asignal from an infrared beacon and broadcasts an RF signal. The RFsignal includes an identifier associated with the beacon from which theinfrared signal was received together with an identifier associated withthe tag itself) A patient's identification tag may be a radio frequencyidentification (RFID) tag, an infrared identification tag, or a soundidentification tag, or any suitable identification tag. Such tags may beplaced within a standard badge, worn with standard hospital ID bands, orlocated in any suitable place.

Thus, as the patient moves through the hospital the wristbandcommunicates with strategically placed readers. The patient's locationand status can then be updated in the RTLS so that the room status' canbe updated, patient status can be updated, hospital staff can beappropriately scheduled, and the like. Using the wristband with aplurality of antennas as described herein, and where each of theantennas of the wristband respond to an interrogation with the sameidentification number unique to the wristband, so that regardless ofwhich antenna is successful read by a reader or receiver the resultingunique identification number would be the unique identification numberof the wristband, the system is more accurate in that the chance of thewristband not being read by a reader is reduced or eliminatedaltogether.

The various embodiments described herein thus represent a technicalimprovement to current identification system. Using the system andtechniques as described herein provide a system which results inincreased readability of wearable identification objects. Rather thanrequiring a longer antenna, the system as described herein uses multipleantennas and is designed in such a fashion such that the antennas do notoverlap or interfere with each other. Additionally, the design of theantennas provides that the antennas do not interfere with each other andthat each of the antennas of the wristband respond to interrogation withthe identical (unique) identification number, so that regardless ofwhich of the antennas was successfully read by a reader or receiver theresulting unique ID number would be the unique ID number of thewristband. Accordingly, using the system and techniques as describedherein, more accurate and reliable readings of the identification objectcan be achieved.

While various other circuits, circuitry or components may be utilized ininformation handling devices, with a computer, server, client device orthe like, an example device that may be used in implementing one or moreembodiments includes a computing device in the form of a computer 300.This example device may be a server used in one of the systems in ahospital network, or one of the remote computers connected to thehospital network. Components of computer 300 may include, but are notlimited to, a processing unit 320, a system memory 330, and a system bus322 that couples various system components including the system memory330 to the processing unit 320. Computer 300 may include or have accessto a variety of computer readable media, including databases. The systemmemory 330 may include non-signal computer readable storage media, forexample in the form of volatile and/or nonvolatile memory such as readonly memory (ROM) and/or random access memory (RAM). By way of example,and not limitation, system memory 330 may also include an operatingsystem, application programs, other program modules, and program data.

A user can interface with (for example, enter commands and information)the computer 300 through input devices 350. A monitor or other type ofdevice can also be connected to the system bus 322 via an interface,such as an output interface 360. The computer may include a database340, e.g., if it is part of the warehouse layer in FIG. 1. In additionto a monitor, computers may also include other peripheral outputdevices. The computer 300 may operate in a networked or distributedenvironment using logical connections to one or more other remotedevice(s) 380 such as other computers. The logical connections mayinclude network interface(s) 370 to a network, such as a local areanetwork (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), and/or a global computernetwork, but may also include other networks/buses.

Information handling device circuitry, as for example outlined in FIG.3, may be used in client devices such as a personal desktop computer, alaptop computer, or smaller devices such as a tablet or a smart phone.In the latter cases, i.e., for a tablet computer and a smart phone, thecircuitry outlined in FIG. 3 may be adapted to a system on chip typecircuitry. The device, irrespective of the circuitry provided, mayprovide and receive data to/from another device, e.g., a server orsystem that coordinates with various other systems. As will beappreciated by one having ordinary skill in the art, other circuitry oradditional circuitry from that outlined in the example of FIG. 3 may beemployed in various electronic devices that are used in whole or in partto implement the systems, methods and products of the variousembodiments described herein.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, various aspects may beembodied as a system, method or device program product. Accordingly,aspects may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment or anembodiment including software that may all generally be referred toherein as a “circuit,” “module” or “system.” Furthermore, aspects maytake the form of a device program product embodied in one or more devicereadable medium(s) having device readable program code embodiedtherewith.

It should be noted that the various functions described herein may beimplemented using instructions stored on a device readable storagemedium such as a non-signal storage device that are executed by aprocessor. A storage device may be, for example, an electronic,magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system,apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. Morespecific examples of a storage medium would include the following: aportable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), aread-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROMor Flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-onlymemory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device,or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the context of thisdocument, a storage device is not a signal and “non-transitory” includesall media except signal media.

Program code embodied on a storage medium may be transmitted using anyappropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline,optical fiber cable, RF, et cetera, or any suitable combination of theforegoing.

Program code for carrying out operations may be written in anycombination of one or more programming languages. The program code mayexecute entirely on a single device, partly on a single device, as astand-alone software package, partly on single device and partly onanother device, or entirely on the other device. In some cases, thedevices may be connected through any type of connection or network,including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), orthe connection may be made through other devices (for example, throughthe Internet using an Internet Service Provider), through wirelessconnections, e.g., near-field communication, or through a hard wireconnection, such as over a USB connection.

Example embodiments are described herein with reference to the figures,which illustrate example methods, devices and program products accordingto various example embodiments. It will be understood that the actionsand functionality may be implemented at least in part by programinstructions. These program instructions may be provided to a processorof a device, a special purpose information handling device, or otherprogrammable data processing device to produce a machine, such that theinstructions, which execute via a processor of the device implement thefunctions/acts specified.

It is worth noting that while specific blocks are used in the figures,and a particular ordering of blocks has been illustrated, these arenon-limiting examples. In certain contexts, two or more blocks may becombined, a block may be split into two or more blocks, or certainblocks may be re-ordered or re-organized as appropriate, as the explicitillustrated examples are used only for descriptive purposes and are notto be construed as limiting.

As used herein, the singular “a” and “an” may be construed as includingthe plural “one or more” unless clearly indicated otherwise.

This disclosure has been presented for purposes of illustration anddescription but is not intended to be exhaustive or limiting. Manymodifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skillin the art. The example embodiments were chosen and described in orderto explain principles and practical application, and to enable others ofordinary skill in the art to understand the disclosure for variousembodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particularuse contemplated.

Thus, although illustrative example embodiments have been describedherein with reference to the accompanying figures, it is to beunderstood that this description is not limiting and that various otherchanges and modifications may be affected therein by one skilled in theart without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A system, comprising: a wearable objectcomprising a flexible wearable material; and at least two antennasoperatively coupled to the flexible wearable material and located withinthe flexible wearable material of the wearable object, wherein the atleast two antennas are provided as components within a singleidentification tag of the wearable object and wherein each of the atleast two antennas are assigned the same identification numbercorresponding to the wearable object and any of the at least twoantennas provide identification information based upon theidentification number to a receiver when receiving a signal from thereceiver, wherein the at least two antennas are tuned within the samefrequency band; wherein the at least two antennas are located in anend-to-end configuration within a same layer of the wearable object andhaving a lateral spacing between the ends of each of the at least twoantennas with respect to another of the at least two antennas, whereinthe at least two antennas are laterally spaced within the same layer ofthe wearable object such that, when the wearable object is being worn,at least one of the at least two antennas is located at a first pointand at least another of the at least two antennas is located at a secondpoint substantially opposite the first point.
 2. The system of claim 1,wherein the at least two antennas comprise dipole antennas.
 3. Thesystem of claim 1, wherein the spacing between each of the at least twoantennas with respect to another of the at least two antennas comprisesa spacing such that adjacent antennas do not touch.
 4. The system ofclaim 1, wherein the at least two antennas comprise a folded antennadesign.
 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least two antennascomprise radio frequency identification antennas.
 6. The system of claim5, wherein the at least two antennas communicate with a radio frequencyidentification reader.
 7. The system of claim 6, wherein the radiofrequency identification reader has a fixed location within a building.8. The system of claim 7, wherein a location of the at least twoantennas is identified based upon communication between at least one ofthe at least two antennas and a radio frequency identification reader.9. A wristband, comprising: a flexible wristband material; a paddingmaterial, wherein the padding material provides distance between atleast two antennas and a user when wearing the wristband and wherein thepadding material comprises a non-conductive material; and the at leasttwo antennas, wherein the at least two antennas are located between theflexible wristband material and the padding material of the wristband,wherein the at least two antennas are provided as components within asingle identification tag of the wristband and wherein each of the atleast two antennas are assigned the same identification numbercorresponding to the wristband and any of the at least two antennasprovide identification information based upon the identification numberto a receiver when receiving a signal from the receiver, wherein the atleast two antennas are tuned within the same frequency band; wherein theat least two antennas are located in an end-to-end configuration withina same layer of the wristband and having a lateral spacing between theends of each of the at least two antennas with respect to another of theat least two antennas, wherein the at least two antennas are laterallyspaced within the same layer of the wearable object such that, when thewristband is worn by a user, at least one of the at least two antennasis located at a first point of a wrist of the user and at least anotherof the at least two antennas is located at a second point substantiallyopposite the first point of the wrist of the user; wherein the flexiblewristband material, the padding material, and the at least two antennasare formed as a wearable wristband.
 10. The wristband of claim 9,wherein the at least two antennas comprise dipole antennas.
 11. Thewristband of claim 9, wherein the padding material is of a thickness asto prevent detuning of the at least two antennas when in contact with auser.
 12. The wristband of claim 9, wherein the spacing between each ofthe at least two antennas with respect to another of the at least twoantennas comprises a spacing such that at least one of the at least twoantennas is located at the top of a wrist of a user and at least oneother of the at least two antennas is located at the bottom of the wristof the user when the wearable wristband is worn by the user.
 13. Thewristband of claim 9, wherein the spacing between each of the at leasttwo antennas with respect to another of the at least two antennascomprises a spacing such that adjacent antennas do not touch.
 14. Thewristband of claim 9, wherein the at least two antennas comprise afolded antenna design.
 15. The wristband of claim 9, wherein the atleast two antennas comprise radio frequency identification antennas. 16.The wristband of claim 15, wherein the at least two antennas communicatewith a radio frequency identification reader.
 17. The wristband of claim16, wherein the radio frequency identification reader has a fixedlocation within a building.
 18. The wristband of claim 17, wherein alocation of the at least two antennas is identified based uponcommunication between at least one of the at least two antennas and aradio frequency identification reader.
 19. The wristband of claim 9,wherein the wearable wristband comprises a hospital identificationwristband.
 20. An identification system, comprising: a wristbandcomprising: a wristband material; a padding material, wherein thepadding material provides distance between at least two radio frequencyidentification antennas and a user when wearing the wristband andwherein the padding material comprises a non-conductive material; andthe at least two radio frequency identification antennas, wherein the atleast two radio frequency identification antennas are located betweenthe wristband material and the padding material within the wristband,wherein the at least two radio frequency antennas are provided ascomponents within a single identification tag of the wristband andwherein each of the at least two radio frequency antennas are assignedthe same identification number corresponding to the wristband, whereinthe at least two radio frequency antennas are tuned within the samefrequency band; wherein the at least two radio frequency identificationantennas are located in an end-to-end configuration within a same layerof the wristband material and having a lateral spacing between the endsof each of the at least two radio frequency identification antennas withrespect to another of the at least two radio frequency identificationantennas, wherein the at least two antennas are laterally spaced withinthe same layer of the wristband material such that, when the wristbandis worn by a user, at least one of the at least two antennas is locatedat a first point of a wrist of the user and at least another of the atleast two antennas is located at a second point substantially oppositethe first point of the wrist of the user; wherein the wristbandmaterial, the padding material, and the at least two radio frequencyidentification antennas are formed as a wearable wristband; a pluralityof radio frequency identification receivers, wherein each radiofrequency identification receiver communicates with any of the at leasttwo radio frequency identification antennas to receive identificationinformation based upon the identification number from any of the atleast two radio frequency identification antennas when the wristband iswithin a predetermined distance of the radio frequency identificationreceiver and wherein each radio frequency identification receiver islocated at a known location within a building; wherein the wristband andthe plurality of radio frequency identification receivers communicate todetermine the location of the wristband within the building based uponthe radio frequency identification receiver communicating with thewristband.